Éva Kóczián

Éva Kóczián, later Kóczián-Földy (born May 25, 1936 in Budapest) is a former female international table tennis player from Hungary.

Éva Kóczián
Full nameFÖLDY-KÓCZIÁN Éva
Nationality Hungary
Born (1936-05-25) May 25, 1936
Budapest, Hungary

Table tennis career

She won twelve medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Table Tennis European Championships.[1]

The twelve World Championship medals[2][3] included a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships with Kálmán Szepesi.[4][5]

She also won four English Open titles.

Personal life

Her brother József Kóczián was also a table tennis player.[6] She married fellow table tennis international László Földy.

See also

References

  1. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=2087
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. "Kóczián Éva". Napkut.
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